Ofawa Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ofawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ofawa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ofawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ofawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ofawa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ofawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Ofawa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ofawa reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Ofawa is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ofawi80140/
Afawa8054/
Ofewa806/
Ofowa803/
Efawa801/
Ofawe801/
Affawa7350/
Ofewah7333/
Afawah7323/
Afawua731/
Offewa731/
Hofawe731/
Hafawa731/
Ofosuaa67765/
Afawuah671/
Ofosvaa671/
Gafaway671/
Oufaeva671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ofawa
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